Stoicism cont. (Insults)
"Stoicism advises that when we feel insulted we should consider whether or not we respect the person who insulted us. If we don't respect the person, we shouldn't care what they think. If we do, then we should think about whether they might be right. We can also consider if they possibly don't have all the facts and would see things differently if they had more information. We are also reminded that we are the ones who have perceived the comment or action as an insult. We can change our perception of what was said or done."
This seems simple enough and straight-foward... Might be hard to do in practice though.
@joegrimer
From what I read, it's not about ommiting emotions altogether, but minimizing the negative. Ommiting emotions altogether would make it apathy instead of stoic.
@lucifargundam yeah. I'm not sure turning off the more emotional side of our brains is a good idea.... but then it's even harder to describe how one might do better in this situation. Taking a breather?
BTW allthough I'm no Stoic, Akira's album of Marcus Aurelius's meditations is really good.